Dinesh Kumar @ Dina Kumar Chandrawanshi v. State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted by the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi in ABA No.14 of 2026, decided 08.01.2026 by Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi (neutral citation 2026:JHHC:364). Petitioners Dinesh Kumar @ Dina Kumar Chandrawanshi, Baby Devi, Vishal Kumar, Vikash Kumar and Akash Kumar apprehended arrest in Jagarnathpur P.S. Case No.-406/2025 (J.M.F.C.-IX, Ranchi) under section 326(g) of B.N.S., 2023, over allegations of setting the informant's shop on fire. Bail allowed on grounds of suspicion-only implication, a prior egg-price dispute, the petitioners' livelihood of selling eggs, absence of criminal antecedents and cooperation in investigation; subject to Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 conditions; bail bond Rs.25,000 each with two sureties.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioners to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from receipt of the order and, on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned J.M.F.C.-IX, Ranchi, in connection with Jagarnathpur P.S. Case No.-406/2025, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.